Personalised Care Project Lead

An exciting opportunity to work in the cancer division at UHSussex as a personalised care project manager who will support the coordinators and existing teams to establish pathways and enable progress to be made in improving equitable access to information and support and access to holistic needs assessments. The Macmillan project manager role will enable smarter and more agile working practices of the existing Cancer Support Worker pool in addition to removing Personalised Stratified Follow up responsibilities from Clinical Nurse Specialist and Cancer Support Worker teams to improve provision.

Please note that if you currently work for another NHS Trust or UHSussex and you are applying to accept this position as a secondmentopportunity, before applying you must seek agreement andauthorisationfrom your current Trust/Manager.Secondmentscan't be agreed without this approval. If you are unable to gain approval you should refrain from applying unless you wish to take this role as a fixed term position.

Main duties of the job

The role would initially support the continued roll out of Personalise Stratified Follow Up at University Hospital Sussex which would ensure our support worker team are then able to focus on providing patients with appropriate information, support and Holistic Needs Assessment completion.

Support the implementation of stratified follow up pathways within the trust in line with local and national guidance, enabling patients to self manage.

Developdashboard that is produced on a monthly basis and produce briefing documents/ papers as requested to present at internal and external meetings where appropriate.

Be responsible for programmes of work that improve the experience of patients living with and beyond cancer at University Hospitals Sussex Trust.

monitoring of the Personalised Cancer Care agenda, including Holistic Needs Assessment (Holistic Needs Assessment), Personalised Care Plans , End of Treatment Summaries and Health and Well Being Events.

Provide advice on issues in relation to personalised care interventions, policies, protocols and service development. To provide managerial and professional leadership of a defined team of staff in order to deliver the personalised care agenda.

Collaborate with the Macmillan Horizon Centre services to ensure an equitable offer of access to personalised care across University Hospitals Sussex Trust.

At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) and a Veteran Aware Trust.

We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We're here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in ourWellbeing Programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it, including where possible, flexible working to support work life balance - because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.

As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.